No duty is more imperative for the government than the duty it ;owes the people to furnish them with a sound and uniform currency, an of regulating the circulation of the medium of exchange so that labor will be protected from a vicious currency [private bank-created, interest-bearing debt], and commerce will be facilitated by cheap and safe exchanges.
Abraham LincolnIntoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.
Abraham LincolnI have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.
Abraham LincolnThe leading rule for a man of every calling is diligence; never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Abraham Lincoln